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Tiltable blinds mask low-beam glare in fog (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)Patently Speaking highlights the technological achievements of Fort Wayne area residents. Photo caption: The backup system takes over if the electronic system fails to detect a depressed brake pedal. Photo by Courtesy

Snakes' Locomotion Appears a Matter of Scales (New York Times)Researchers have found that a snake's scales, which create friction with surfaces, are key to its forward movement.

June 08: Transactions, foreclosures, etc. (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)Commercial Mortgages

Heritage preparing to relocate (The Topeka Capital-Journal)The Venetian blinds may be Julie Darby?s favorite feature of her new room at the former East Indianola Elementary School, 2000 N.W. read more

A Squonkin' Good Time (The Bradford Era)This was no ordinary night at the opera. All the trappings were there ? the outsized props, the soprano, the emotional music ? but this ?opera? was instead a multi-media satiric spin on Bradford.

Three Ideas for Creating a Zero-Impact City Block in Dallas (Fast Company Magazine)How would you create a city block that was fully sustainable? A competition to redevelop an entire block of downtown Dallas asked urban planners to do just that, and the finalists have just been announced. The competition is billed as more than pie-in-the-sky. The Central Dallas Community Development Corporation, a non-profit, is acting as lead developer, and the lot involved is currently a ...

Car show popular with those who collect, enjoy the classics (Abilene Reflector-Chronicle)Though Donnie Hanback, of Abilene, had never entered his 1968 Tahoe turquoise-colored Chevrolet Camaro in a car show before, it was selected among the Top 20 of more than 80 vehicles that entered the Motor Mania car show, which was part of the weekend's Flour Power Family Fun Fest.

New Castle working to demolish more vacant houses after 35 arsons keep residents on edge (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Nearly every month for the past year and a half, residents have awakened to the red glare of flames and the explosions of shattering glass from an arson fire.

6 Ways for Obama to Green Public Housing (Fast Company Magazine)Yesterday in Denver, members of the Obama administration outlined how $4 billion will be spent to green the nation's public housing projects. $500 million will be spent on training workers to do the retrofitting work, and the rest will go towards the improvements themselves. The list of initiatives that have been made public so far are fairly rudimentary, and include better windows, insulation, ...

Squonk Opera slates Bradford show as part of BCPAC season (The Bradford Era)Bradford is about to get ?squonked.? In the words of the squonkers ? the people who invented the word ? to be ?squonked? means to be celebrated in a performance that combines ?a heartfelt toast and a vaudevillian roast.?